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Walter D'Arcy Ryan (Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 17, 1870 – Schenectady, New York, US, March 14, 1934) was an influential early lighting engineer who worked for General Electric as director of its Illuminating Engineering Laboratory. He pioneered skyscraper illumination, designed the Scintillator colored searchlights display, and was responsible for the lighting of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, in addition to the first complete illumination of Niagara Falls. He combined illumination into both an art and a science.

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  • والتر دارسي ريان (ar)
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  • والتر دارسي ريان (بالإنجليزية: Walter D'Arcy Ryan)‏ هو مهندس أمريكي، ولد في 17 أبريل 1870 في ‏ في كندا، وتوفي في 14 مارس 1934 في سكنيكتادي في الولايات المتحدة بسبب نوبة قلبية. (ar)
  • Walter D'Arcy Ryan (Kentville, Nova Scotia, Canada, April 17, 1870 – Schenectady, New York, US, March 14, 1934) was an influential early lighting engineer who worked for General Electric as director of its Illuminating Engineering Laboratory. He pioneered skyscraper illumination, designed the Scintillator colored searchlights display, and was responsible for the lighting of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago, in addition to the first complete illumination of Niagara Falls. He combined illumination into both an art and a science. (en)
  • Walter d’Arcy Ryan (* 17. April 1870 in Kentville, Kanada; † 14. März 1934 in Schenectady) war ein US-amerikanischer Lichtgestalter. Seine Eltern waren James William Ryan und Mary Josephine Rafuse. Er arbeitete bei General Electric, zuerst in Lynn, Massachusetts bei der sogenannten Commercial Department (Kommerziellabteilung) und ab 1908 als Leiter des Illuminations-Laboratoriums in Schenectady. 1907 baute er die erste volle Beleuchtung der Niagarafälle. Im Jahre 1909 war er für die Illuminationen der Hudson-Fulton Ausstellung zu New York verantwortlich. (de)
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  • Schenectady, New York, US (en)
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